Kosmos-3M rideshare launch from Plesetsk carried Russia's military-academic Mozhayets-5 satellite alongside Beijing-1, TopSat, Iran's Sina-1, Germany's Rubin-5, and the SSETI Express CubeSat cluster; Mozhayets-5 failed to separate from the rocket's third stage and never reached operational status.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 595 kg
- Flight
- 435th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 27 October 2005, 06:52 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2005-043
- Launches in 2005
- 47th of 56
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